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> From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:13:29 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
> 
> My understanding is that LC_CTYPE should be irrelevant with regards to
> the "language used in the user interface for message translation",
> because LC_MESSAGES is the relevant locale variable for this.  If
> LC_MESSAGES is undefined, LANG should be used.

The problem is, set-locale-environment is not used to display
``messages'', as in text-mode programs that use gettext facilities.
It is used to guess various locale-specific defaults.  So it is no
surprise that it doesn't follow to the letter the logic of other
programs.